Sports Medicine News

Sports Medicine Packet (Updated 8/23/17)

Concussions

• WVSSAC Concussion Rule 127-2-14
• NFHS Concussion in Sports – What You Need to Know (Coaches Course – All head coaches are required to complete.)
• A Parent’s Guide to Concussions
• Return to Play Protocol – Appropriate Health Care Professional
• Suggested Guidelines for Management of Concussion in Sports
• CDC Concussion Checklist
• Acute Concussion Evaluation (ACE)
• SCAT2 (Sports Concussion Assessment)

Infectious Disease Information

• Body Fluid Handling Procedure
• MRSA Information
• MRSA Infection – MedExpress
• Sports Related Skin Infections Position Statement and Guidelines
• General Guidelines for Sports Hygiene, Skin Infections and Communicable Diseases

Heat Stress Information

• WVSSAC Heat Acclimatization and Heat Illness Prevention Position Statement
• WVSSAC Heat Index Guideline
• Position Statement and Recommendations for Hydration to Minimize the Risk for Dehydration and Heat Illness
• Heat Stress Information
• Heat Exhaustion – MedExpress
• NFHS Heat Illness Prevention

Sites to Help Determine Heat Index

• http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/heat-index-heat-category/id370913314?mt=8
• http://www.nws.noaa.gov/os/heat/index.shtml

Optional Instruments to Determine the Heat Index

Schools may purchase instruments to determine the heat index.  Several types of instruments are available such as sling psychrometers and digital thermometers.

Avoid Opioid Addiction

• Avoid Opioid Addiction

Other Information

• Sports Physicals – MedExpress
• Sprains and Strains – MedExpress
• Guidelines for Awareness (Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness)
• Emergency Action Plans (Any One Can Save a Life)
• Emergency Action Plan Worksheet